Nanterre

American  

[nahn-ter] / nɑ̃ˈtɛr /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Hauts-de-Seine, in N France: W suburb of Paris.

---

Nanterre British  

/ nɑ̃ˈtɛr /

noun

1. a town in N France, on the Seine: an industrial suburb of Paris. Pop: 84 281 (1999)

---

Example Sentences

UFC-Que Choisir, which lodged its request with a court in Nanterre near Paris, had argued that the company's microfiltration process meant Perrier could no longer claim the "natural mineral water" designation.

From Barron's

"The existence of a health risk to consumers linked to Perrier waters labelled 'natural mineral waters' has not been established," said the Nanterre court on Tuesday.

From Barron's

Further developments are understood to have taken place in September, with an interim order issued by the president of the first chamber of the Nanterre Court which was sealed into a final order on 14 October.

From BBC

The son of a Hungarian immigrant father and a Jewish mother, Sarkozy studied law at a public university in the Parisian suburb of Nanterre.

From The Wall Street Journal

Prisons in Toulon, Aix-En-Provence, Marseille, Valence and Nîmes in southern France, and in Villepinte and Nanterre, near Paris were among those targeted.

From BBC